From the course: Security Risks in AI and Machine Learning: Categorizing Attacks and Failure Modes

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Backdoors and existing exploits

Backdoors and existing exploits

From the course: Security Risks in AI and Machine Learning: Categorizing Attacks and Failure Modes

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Backdoors and existing exploits

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- [Instructor] If you've ever played a video game, you may have used a cheat code, a special combination of button presses that give you an advantage. For example, a sequence like up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A might give you extra lives, invincibility, or enable diagnostic mode. A code like this, while harmless in games, can be a serious security risk in other contexts. Anyone who's seen the classic movie, "War Games" knows that the developers of non-gaming applications can leave backdoors in their systems to allow someone knowing the code to gain access or special privileges. backdoors rely on a trigger, a special input that brings about specific response. This trigger could be a specific prompt sent to an LLM coding assistant that causes it to include malware in the code it generates, or it might be a specific visual signal, such as a sticker on a road sign that causes a self-driving car to…

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